Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1765448AbXLTRHz (ORCPT ); Thu, 20 Dec 2007 12:07:55 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756084AbXLTRHp (ORCPT ); Thu, 20 Dec 2007 12:07:45 -0500 Received: from mx7.mail.ru ([194.67.23.27]:6898 "EHLO mx7.mail.ru" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757508AbXLTRHp (ORCPT ); Thu, 20 Dec 2007 12:07:45 -0500 Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2007 20:09:49 +0300 From: Anton Vorontsov To: Andres Salomon Cc: David Woodhouse , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5] power: RFC: introduce a new power API Message-ID: <20071220170949.GA1337@localhost.localdomain> Reply-To: cbou@mail.ru References: <20071217055123.GA2274@zarina> <20071217024139.2f81e36d@ephemeral> <20071217112416.GA25948@localhost.localdomain> <20071218021001.46783004@ephemeral> <20071219123546.GA6277@localhost.localdomain> <20071219130241.21f0b416@ephemeral> <20071219185050.GA1570@localhost.localdomain> <20071219181304.48609ecb@ephemeral> <20071220150716.GA31896@localhost.localdomain> <20071220110030.1e20ad51@ephemeral> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20071220110030.1e20ad51@ephemeral> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2155 Lines: 65 On Thu, Dec 20, 2007 at 11:00:30AM -0500, Andres Salomon wrote: > On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 18:07:16 +0300 > Anton Vorontsov wrote: > > > Hi Andres, > > > [...] > > > > Then, what the power supply subsystem is for? Just place all the > > drivers together in driver/power/, and let them create sysfs > > attributes by their own. You'll get a medley, not the subsystem. > > > > Good luck, > > > > > Ok, I'm really tired of arguing about this. Me either, you wouldn't believe. > I've pointed out why > the current API is inadequate, but you seem to be resisting > changing it. No, you didn't point out anything. You didn't describe _why_ you want to change the subsystem. No single reason except "flexibility" that _no one_ is using. > It's your subsystem, do what you like. No, this isn't mine subsystem. I've written most of it, probably. But now I'm just volunteering to co-maintain it (that is, the person whom to blame if something goes wrong in power/). I'm also directly interested in this subsystem, because I have the hardware on which I'm using it. But I'm not the last person you can ask to merge your changes. Whole LKML is hearing us, and if you want to--ask David to push your changes over me. Or Andrew. Or ask Linus at the last. They're are much better programmers than I am, so whatever they'll do would be the right thing. I'll just swallow it. Though, on the current patches, please stamp my: Nacked-by: Anton Vorontsov so the history will have written evidence that I did not agree on the changes, so years later I could reply to the complaints: "Look, I nacked this code, it wasn't me who checked this in!" You have another option though: finally show up the user of the purposed changes. Without single "flexible" word, please. Real, existent user. -- Anton Vorontsov email: cbou@mail.ru backup email: ya-cbou@yandex.ru irc://irc.freenode.net/bd2 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/